‘Jackie Robinson’ Doc, Right on Time
Ken Burns, the patron saint of public television, has already made more than 20 hours of essential American sports history with his 1994 epic “Baseball” and its four hour addendum…
Following ‘The Path,’ Hulu’s New Drama
Here’s the news from the latest streaming serial drama: Cults can be bad. Is this news? Or is it even drama? The makers behind “The Path” (Hulu, streaming) take a…
Frank Underwood Bares His Knuckles
It’s not like he threw me in front of the Metro train as he did poor Zoe Barnes. But I feel a little bit of what it’s like to be…
Samantha Bee Breaks Through
The boys club of late night infotainment is shattered tonight with the inaugural episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" (TBS, 10:30 p.m.). The longtime "Daily Show" correspondent is hosting…
‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ – Juicy
The trajectory for Ryan Murphy productions are usually this: begin stylish, exciting and promising and then go south. Sometimes it takes a while, as it did with "Glee," sometimes it…
‘Downton’ Demise Draws Near
The new year brings with it the final season of "Downton Abbey," the PBS moneymaker that is also the biggest hit ever for the public broadcasting service. So there is…
‘The Mole’ Host Moderates Debate
Presidential debates so far this cycle have brought cable news networks their biggest ratings in years, but also on the Republican side, some changes to the formats. Not just in…
‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Condemned
Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” series is flickering out in glossy repetition. Its latest incarnation, “AHS: Hotel” (FX, 10 p.m.), like its predecessors, is production-designed to within an inch of…
One Dr. Katz Joke We Could Not Publish
There’s at least one splendid joke in an interview I did with Jonathan Katz, star of TV’s animated “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,” for The Washington Post that was published today.…
Sutton Foster on Doing TV and ‘Gravy’
It was a busy time to try to catch Sutton Foster for a Washington Post Q&A in advance of her appearance last weekend with the National Symphony Orchestra for their…